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Good Conversations with New Friends, Galway, Ireland travel blog

Good Conversations with New Friends

A travel blog entry by wonderer

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... a writer friend in Dublin so would pump him and e-mail me. They both said to stick it out, both in writing and in Ireland. Katherine revealed that when she returns to Canada she is going to study to become a holistic animal doctor, as she feels she has ...

Irish Music is Great, Killarney, Ireland travel blog

Irish Music is Great

A travel blog entry by shanewilson

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... in bypassing those countries that are extremely pricey and/or hold little interest for them? But I am enjoying most aspects of Ireland... last night was great. I went to a very Irish pub with traditional music and had quite a few Murphy's beers and ...

Galway, Galway, Ireland travel blog

Galway

A travel blog entry by meganandkevin

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Well we didn't quite make it to Limerick. As we were on our way we realized it wasn't meant to be. We read in our guide books that it is a pretty rough city. It was referred to as "stab town", ya charming. We also heard on the news that some mob boss was ...

Right to the Liffey, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Right to the Liffey

A travel blog entry by off_road_clara

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... were good enough. You'd made the grade, passed the test. I have never felt so non-threatened and happy in such a space. Oh Ireland, you wonderful land of happy souls. By 4am the night was coming to a close. The streets were empty and I had to head ...

Peace at Last, Galway, Ireland travel blog

Peace at Last

A travel blog entry by wonderer

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... you. Cindy says she'll always be proud of me. Kim says that no matter what, I'll still have spent two months in Ireland. I talked to Arvin on MSN tonight, and came away feeling peaceful--something that's eluded me for a long time. I don't know what ...

Three Days in Brief, Galway, Ireland travel blog

Three Days in Brief

A travel blog entry by wonderer

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... also thought about my writing career. It occurred to me that I can write travel articles about Canada for papers/magazines in Ireland and the UK, and travel articles about Ireland for markets in Canada and the US. Playing both sides--a sweet position! ...

Return to Galway, Kilronan, Inishmore, Aran Islands, to Galway, Ireland travel blog

Return to Galway

A travel blog entry by wonderer

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I bestowed my birthday flowers on the old lady who helps her daughter run the B&B. (It's a family affair, with the preteen children helping out too.) She was tickled pink. I felt bad letting them go, but her pleasure was worth it. Then I caught the ...

North coast of N. Ireland, Ballycastle, United Kingdom travel blog

North coast of N. Ireland

A travel blog entry by meganandkevin

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After being inundated with some serious history in Derry, we decided to take in a little more nature on our way to our next stop of Ballycastle. We headed for the Giants Causeway on the north coast. The causeway is comprised of over 38,000 hexagonal ...

Ring of Kerry Tour and SUN!!, Blarney, Ireland travel blog

Ring of Kerry Tour and SUN!!

A travel blog entry by jackie_n_james

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... drove around the island. It was a very sunny and absolutely beautiful day out, which we counted ourselves lucky for being in Ireland and all.  We went to a granite quarry and climbed a huge hill to get a better view of the surrounding. ...

Oh Blarney, Killarney, Ireland travel blog

Oh Blarney

A travel blog entry by shanewilson

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... kind of undecided as to what I'll do afterwards... probably drive up to Limerick, via the Dingle Peninsula. I'm getting into Ireland... the east coast didn't really do much for me. But the beauty of the southern western coast is definitely setting ...

EU Charity Cycle  -- The Challenge, Derry, Ireland travel blog

EU Charity Cycle -- The Challenge

A travel blog entry by charity_cycle

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The Idea As you know, the EU increases from 15 to 25 countries on 1st May 2004. This provides a unique moment in time in which to explore the ten new member countries, eight of which are former communist bloc countries. I love cycling, camping, ...

Dublin  - So Long, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Dublin - So Long

A travel blog entry by sunnysean

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Well folks after endless counting down the days, I finally left work Yippeee!!!! Sorry Tom D, you are a nice boss :-) . Here I am, finally writing my inaugural blog. By the time you have read this I shall have cleared all 28 items on my to do list and ...

Dublin, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Dublin, Ireland

A travel blog entry by akawally

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Today we awoke to sunshine, explored more of the coast around Spiddal, and then we had a nice drive back to Dublin. We stopped in Galway (city center) for some shopping (Glad we did, it was a much nicer environment than Dublin, and also more reasonably ...

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Dublin

A travel blog entry by hancocjb

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Midnight Laundry, Galway, Ireland travel blog

Midnight Laundry

A travel blog entry by wonderer

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Woke up tired again on Wednesday. Went out for breakfast...I've been making sure I get a big breakfast since I never seem to get lunch. Anyway a large, late breakfast is almost as good as lunch. Afterwards I felt like napping but successfully fought ...

Where Are We?, Derry, United Kingdom travel blog

Where Are We?

A travel blog entry by danblank

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... about that. While I'm in tune enough with the political scene to understand that they might not necessarily have a 'Welcome to Northern Ireland' sign or even a 'Welcome to the United Kingdom' sign. But it would be handy if in some form there was ...

Cliffs of Moher, Galway, Ireland travel blog

Cliffs of Moher

A travel blog entry by shanewilson

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... driving all day) but I really appreciated his excellent service. A great guy. The highlight of today... and of all of Ireland... has been walking along the Cliffs at Moher. This sight rates up there with Tiger Leaping Gorge as being the best scenery ...

Getting hit on...or Not, Galway, Ireland travel blog

Getting hit on...or Not

A travel blog entry by wonderer

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Migraine started. Not feeling well...went on medication and it mostly helped. I got to talk to Arvin on MSN and update this travelogue. Took it easy for the rest of the day. In the evening I went out to Monroe's Pub with Helena (my Swedish ...

Irrrrrland, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Irrrrrland

A travel blog entry by kiemce

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... . The rolled up Sinn Fein weekly newspaper was a clue, but when they nearly throttled me when I referred to "The Republic of Ireland" it was a little scary. Fortunately they were well versed in the average Australian's dislike of England so I was off the ...

Newcastle Leaving Do, Newcastle, United Kingdom travel blog

Newcastle Leaving Do

A travel blog entry by emanddave

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Had our Newcastle leaving drinks at Relvolution, a vodka bar in Newcastle. Was a good night and great to spend some social time with a few folks before we leave. We were both pretty drunk on the Saturday night and even had a kebab on the way home! ...

The town of the not very much, Ennis, Ireland travel blog

The town of the not very much

A travel blog entry by kiemce

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... Michelle to take advantage of her hire car and tent to potentially save some euros and take in some of Northern Ireland, while also escaping the suffocating boredom of Ennis. She agreed to trade for my dazzling company and scintillating conversation, so ...

Killarney and Cork, Ireland, Killarney, Ireland travel blog

Killarney and Cork, Ireland

A travel blog entry by tbassplayer

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... about half way between Killarney and Dublin. Cork is a nice city, home of Murphey's stout and called the "Cultural capitol of Ireland." I thought that it resembled Dublin a lot, but the people were just a little less hurried. Aside from culture and beer, ...

Exploring the big(ish) city of Cork, Killarney to Cork, Ireland travel blog

Exploring the big(ish) city of Cork

A travel blog entry by wonderer

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... flan. Yummy! After supper I meandered back to the centre of town and got waylaid by a movie theatre (called a cinema in Ireland) that was showing Finding Neverland. I felt like going out and doing something that evening, but hadn't been able to find ...

The Hunt Begins, Galway, Ireland travel blog

The Hunt Begins

A travel blog entry by wonderer

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... up side, we did get to see a lot of Galway, including the local branch of USIT (the office that administers the Work in Ireland program) and a peaceful canal. By the way, one of the banks here is in a very small castle. Also there are long lineups at ...

Ireland...CHECK!, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

Ireland...CHECK!

A travel blog entry by meganandkevin

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... , we were constantly left in awe of what we saw. I think we took enough pictures to fill a few albums here alone. Ireland feels a little more rustic compared to its polished neighbour to the east. The emphasis on music and their traditional sessions in ...

More Days in Brief, Galway, Ireland travel blog

More Days in Brief

A travel blog entry by wonderer

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Lunch with Katherine and Megan was enjoyable, but it lacked the magic of Tig Coili or the depth of the previous day's conversation. Then I went hunting for a room (henceforth referred to as "flat-hunting"). In Galway, this involves getting the ...

Goodbye UK, Hello Ireland, Kilkenny, Ireland travel blog

Goodbye UK, Hello Ireland

A travel blog entry by shanewilson

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Today was huge... another goodbye, a car breakdown, a long delay on Heathrow's runway, and another country. Who said travelling was easy? I've now left the safe and comfortable surroundings of Cheam and am now in Kilkenny, several hours south of ...

En Route to Kilkenny, Dublin, Ireland travel blog

En Route to Kilkenny

A travel blog entry by zento

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all things Irish, Galway, Ireland travel blog

all things Irish

A travel blog entry by twittg

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... That soon changed though...by 11am the streets were getting filled with people wearing all things Irish. I broke down and bought an Ireland soccer shirt. The parade started at 12:30pm and was alright - most the bands were little kids with the exception ...

A few Irish suprises in Cork, Cork, Ireland travel blog

A few Irish suprises in Cork

A travel blog entry by zento

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... ; One thing you must keep in mind if you ever go to Ireland: it's expensive.  And Cork being the second largest city in Ireland was also expensive.  After a brief walking tour of the Cork's centre and a few of her churches, we searched for a ...

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